California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court establishes new code of ethics for State Bar
By Devon Belcher
Committees that evaluate and recommend candidates for State Bar Court judges and board positions must now collect information ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News
San Diego County Bar Association elects 2024 officers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Following a three-day hearing that began in August, U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton will have to decide if Girardi is ...
Law Practice
Former White House chief of staff named Airbnb chief legal officer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Ron Klain had been a partner at O’Melveny & Myers since April.
Litigation & Arbitration
State can’t do any more to control summer school fees, judge says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“If the Water Board cannot be compelled to do something about the water treatment plants’ waste of water in the face of its co...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to sober living homes
By Craig Anderson
The court’s rejection of the city’s writ of certiorari does not mean the city will lose its underlying lawsuit against the ope...
Law Practice
Arnold & Porter expands Corporate & Finance practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
William Choe joined the firm in Silicon Valley. Choe advises technology companies from early stages through an exit, and the v...
Environmental & Energy
LA judge to decide on expansion of biofuel refinery
By Skyler Romero
The case concerns a crude oil refinery in Paramount that began converting to biofuel operations in 2011. AltAir Paramount, the...
Litigation & Arbitration, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Despite antitrust win, Trendsettah gets less fees than loser
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“When a delay in the final judgment is the result of the prevailing party’s own actions, equitable considerations do not autom...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Negligence suit against PG&E would interfere with regulator, high court says
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court’s decision will go back to the 9th Circuit panel that asked the question and will decide Gantner’s app...
“It’s taken tremendous courage and strength for Jane Doe to bring this case and we are very proud to represent her and the cer...
Litigation & Arbitration
Panel ‘infers malice’ in Fox Rothschild malicious prosecution case
By Wisdom Howell
The appellate panel overturned a motion to strike, an anti-SLAPP ruling and attorney fees that a Los Angeles judge has issued ...
Labor/Employment, Community News
Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe honors partners as pioneers in employment law
By Jessica Lynn Murray
The Nov. 3 event was held at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco's Chinatown.
After its success, CAOC acknowledges its role in legislative change
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 652 changed the burden of proof for expert testimony on medical causation.
Community News
Consumer attorneys hand out honors at annual convention
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Consumer Attorneys of the Year Award went to Deborah Chang, Randi McGinn, Zoe Littlepage with Athea Trial Lawyers LLP in E...
Litigation & Arbitration
GM manager guilty of soliciting $5M bribe for car parts contract
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In October 2015, the defendant asked South Korean company Wookyung MIT for $5 million in cash for a contract that was supposed...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar sends Supreme Court another unpopular alternative to exam
By Devon Belcher
“They really need to focus on the administration of the bar and discipline. Yet they persist in doing these other things. One ...
Litigation & Arbitration
CAOC takes aim at ruling on school districts
By Malcolm Maclachlan
One of the most significant aspects of the ruling was that it means schools are not subject to the Unruh Act’s provisions allo...
The matter is related to multiple coordinated lawsuits against Liberty Utilities, many of which were filed in Mono County. Los...
Litigation & Arbitration
‘Ghost kitchens’ didn’t work, Black Angus says in lawsuit
By Skyler Romero
According to the lawsuit, the defendants approached Black Angus with a pitch to use its restaurants as ghost kitchens — an arr...
Litigation & Arbitration
SanDisk again sued in San Jose over storage drives
By Wisdom Howell
SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Macy’s attorney tells panel Adolph violated US law
By Craig Anderson
The argument by Felix Shafir of Horvitz & Levy LLP targeted what he said was an incorrect interpretation of a 2022 U.S. Su...
Litigation & Arbitration
Meta, Louboutin join up to sue accused online counterfeiter
By Wisdom Howell
After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit ...
The founders of Frost LLP said the idea of building a firm began decades ago in law school.
Family, Community News
National Adoption Day celebration kicks off Saturday morning at Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will join Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner and other comm...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Family law specialist hires lobbyist to get more judges appointed
By Malcolm Maclachlan, David Houston
“I think what they are supposed to do is rattle the cage for you and … motivate the powers that be,” said Mark Minyard, who hi...
Litigation & Arbitration
False advertising suit over USC ranking appears doomed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit accuses USC and a technology partner of conspiring to inflate the university’s Rossier School of Education’s ranki...
Class Action
Class designation sought for Postmeds data breach suit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The Hayward based prescription filling company said health data for 2.3 million people was affected by the August breach.
Litigation & Arbitration
WeChat users say they don’t trust Hong Kong arbitration
By Craig Anderson
Times Wang of North River Law PLLC said the Chinese government would not allow WeChat to turn over discovery.
“That will free up money for professional fees and for the estate to continue to function. It won’t have to reserve such a lar...